The Montgomery bus boycott was a large civil rights demonstration that saw African Americans in the Alabama city refuse to ride public buses in protest of segregated seating. Considered the first ...

Montgomery businessman Loyd Howard attended a mass meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church on Dec. 5, 1955, that galvanized the Black community behind the bus boycott that started that day.

Montgomery Bus Boycotts lasted from December 5,1955, to December 26, 1956, and brought civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. to the fore.

The People's Union USA is calling for a much different protest on the Fourth of July. Here's what to know about the ...

On December 1, 1955, a 42-year-old African-American seamstress named Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus to a white man. With that simple act of rebellion ...

Residents, dignitaries and visitors in Montgomery, Alabama, are participating in the second day of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott.

67 years: Montgomery reflects on Rosa Parks, Bus Boycott and struggle against segregation Starting Dec. 1, the city will host several days of events honoring civil rights heroes and their fight to ...

After the Montgomery bus boycott, Parks participated in the 1963 March on Washington and went on to serve on the board of Planned Parenthood. She received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999. 2.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The City of Montgomery is set to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott on Monday. The city will also mark Rosa Parks Day, celebrated on Dec. 1 ...

I n December 1955, Rosa Parks’ refusal as a Black woman to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked a citywide bus boycott. That protest came to a successful ...

Montgomery, Alabama, is marking the 67th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with a series of celebrations and events. Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested Dec. 1, 1955, after ...